Assampugilist Shiva Thapa on Saturday won the gold in 63kg category at the VIIRepublic of Kazakhstan President's Cup 2019. Thapa was given a walkover to thegold after his opponent Kazakhstan's Zakir Safiullin could not enter the ringdue to injury.
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Onthe other hand, Indian sensation Parveen settled for silver, after beingdefeated by Kazakhstan's Rimma Volosenko in the final. Earlier, in the semi-finals,the Indian young talent had defeated Women's World Championships bronzemedallist Karina Ibragimova 3-2.
Meanwhile,in 69kg, Duryodhan Singh Negi lost 1-4 to Kazakhstan's Shayken Talgat in thesemi-finals to settle for bronze, while Saweety Bora endured the same fate in75kg against Russia's Elena Gapeshina to get the bronze.
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